Love (Kis-My-Ft2 song)

Love is the 21st single by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on July 11, 2018, by Avex Trax.[1]

"Love"
Single by Kis-My-Ft2
from the album Best of Kis-My-Ft2
B-side"Because I Love You"
ReleasedJuly 11, 2018 (2018-07-11) (Japan)
GenreJ-pop
LabelAvex Trax
Kis-My-Ft2 singles chronology
"You & Me"
(2018)
"Love"
(2018)
"You, me."
(2018)
Music video
"Love" on YouTube
"Because I Love You" (Dance Edition) on YouTube

Overview

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The theme of this album is “Marugoto Love Song(The whole thing is a love song.),” and each song in the album is a song about "love" in its various forms.[2]

It was released in three forms: First edition A/B and Regular disc. The DVD of the first edition A includes the music video for “Love” and “Kis-My-Ft2's Funny Sports Championship,” while the DVD of the first edition B includes the music video for “Because I Love You” and the DVD of “Ura Yummy! ~Moments of Another Kiss Matsuso~" will be included. The regular edition include three unit songs. This is the first time in two years that a unit song has been included on a single.[2]

"Love" is a commercial song for Kowa's "Unakowa Cool", in which the members appear.[3]"Because I Love You” is a commercial song for Daiichi Kosho Company's "Live Dam Stadium", and is an emotional ballad about her painful feelings of being too young to love as a student. The music video “Dance Edition” features dance.[4]

"Love" and "Because I Love You" made their television premieres on the July 7, 2018 broadcast of Nippon TV's "Tge Music Day: The Song You Want to Tell" and TBS Television (Japan)'s "Count Down TV" on the same day, respectively.

Chart performance

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The song reached No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Chart dated July 23, 2018. This was their 21st consecutive No. 1 ranking on the chart since their debut single “Everybody Go”.[5]

The special single "You & Me" released on April 25, 2018, was sold exclusively on Seven Net, so it is not counted in the Oricon count.

CD first-week sales: 175,655 (Oricon total).

By December 9, 2018, the album had sold a total of 197,737 copies and ranked 33rd on the 2018 annual Oricon Album Ranking.

Track listing

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  • Regular Edition
  1. "Love" [3:40]
  2. "ConneXion" [3:47] - Taisuke Fujigaya, Kennaga Senga, Wataru Yokoo
  3. "When You Wish Upon a Star" [4:53] - Yuta Tamamori, Toshiya Miyata
  4. "Happy Birthday" [1:33] - Hiromitsu Kitayama, Takashi Nikaido
  • First Edition A/B
  1. "Love"
  2. "Because I Love You" [3:20].
  • First Edition A
  1. "Love" Music Video
  2. "Love" Music Video making document
  3. Kis-My-Ft2's Funny sports championship with roller skate
  • First Edition B
  1. "Because I Love You" Music Video (Dance Edition)
  2. "Because I Love You" Music Video (Making Document)
  3. The making of "Because I Love You" MUSIC VIDEO (Dance Edition)
  4. "Yummy behind the scenes!" (Moments from the other side of Kismatsuso apartment)

References

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  1. ^ "Kis-My-Ft2がニューシングル「LOVE」リリース、3組のユニット曲も". natalie (in Japanese). natalie. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "21st SINGLE『LOVE』". MENT. 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ^ "キスマイの新曲「L.O.V.E.」流れるウナクール新CM放送". natalie. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ "キスマイ、最新作MVで"半端ないエモダンス"を披露". musicman. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ "【オリコン】Kis-My-Ft2、最新シングルが21作連続となる1位獲得". oricon. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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